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Show ANARCHIST CONFESSES I Tried to Wreck Statue I in Washington. I Also Man Who Sent Infer- Wm nal Machine to Liner Wm Umbria. B2 Ges?ler Rossenu Not His Right iswH Name, and He Refuses to Give Reasons for His Crimes. PHI LA DELPHI A. Jan. 15. "Gessler LL RoSseau," who was arreBted here on Thursday with nn unloaded Infernal ma-chine. ma-chine. In his possession, admitted to tho police today that he Is the man who at-tempted at-tempted to destroy the statue of Freder-Ick Freder-Ick the Great In Washington last Tues-day. Tues-day. nnd also that It was he who sent the trunk containing an Infernal machine to tho British steamship Umbria In New York in May, 1903. II The- prisoner made thepe. statements In the office of Captain Donnghy of the Phil- Bdelphia detective bureau after he ha1 H been Identified by persons brought hero from New York and Washington. Ho gives no reasons for the attempted out- rages except that "there are too many J foreign affairs In this country." After having Rosseau under lire all aft- J ernoon the police classed him as "an H American patriotic fanatic." The prisoner gave no Information voluntarily admitting only those things which the police had 1 fastened on him. Both the Washington and New York authorities want the man J and It Is probable that he will bo turned over to the police of tho latter city. Attracted Rosseau. The apprehension of Rnsscau was due to the disappearance of Owen Kelly, a wealthy Irish-American, who Is promlnont In Irish-American societies tn this coun-try. coun-try. Kelly disappeared on October and from time to time the newspapers havo published articles on tho mysterious dls-appearance. dls-appearance. These the police believe at-traded at-traded Rosseau's attention. On Thuredav Rosseau called on Patrick Kelly and offered to take him to hi brother In New York for $Go0. He said ho and Owen Kelly belonged to secret so-clotles so-clotles that were organized for the pur-pose pur-pose of blowing up British shins in Amerl-can Amerl-can ports. Patrick Kelly notified tho police . and Rosseau was taken Into custody. The valise ho carried contained an Infernal machine of the clock arrangement vn-rloty, vn-rloty, but no explosives. About tho ma-chliie ma-chliie was wrapped a Washington news-paper. news-paper. This gave the clue that he might -know something of the explosion at the statue of Frederick the Croat, and his picture was taken and sent to both the Washington and New York authorities. M In the meantime he was also suspected of knowing something of the steamship Umbria Incident. Identified the Prisoner. LWi Today Capt Robert Boardmnn of tho Washington detective force and Alfred Carter, a negro, and George H. Hazel, H cabmen of Washington. vho .saw the man who attempted to blow up the statue, and Detective Sergeant Arthur IH Carey of Now York and a Mrs. Curry, Who Keeps a boarding-house In the latter City, arrived here When Rosseau was brought Into the office of Capt. Donaghy Hazel said. "I guess you know me." to whbh the prisoner replied, "How do you mm Rosseau bowed to Carter and then . H greeted Mrs. Curry. Having satisfied trg-mselvos beyond doubt that the identill-cation identill-cation was complote, tho police set to work to obtain a confession from the prisoner. He admitted the attempted outrage on mmm the statue. He had manufactured the Infernal machine himself, which consisted of a candle, fuse and "dynamite engine Where he made It he would not say. The failure to destroy the statue must have been due to the melting tallow spoiling the fuse or interfering with the dyna- m-M Expected to Try Again. W Rosseau then gave the police the Inter-estlng Inter-estlng information that he had intended making u second attempt to blow up th statue, this time with a time-clock ma-chine. ma-chine. As It was difficult to get past the sentries after nightfall he Intended going mm to the urseiml at about dusk, arrange tho Infernal machine so that it would explode nt about midnight and then hang It on the statue. Regarding the sending of the Infernal machine to the steamship Umbria, Ros-seau Ros-seau said that the police report of all his movements after the I'mbrla Incident up to tho time they lost track Of him was cor-ret cor-ret t. Where he has been between May, 1808, and last week ho will not say, al-ways al-ways replying: "That Is for you to Und He said he made part of the I'mbrla 1 Infernal machine in Chicago and then took It tn .New York In a trunk. In New York he obtained a room nt Mrs. Curry's place or.d there finished the work of making the machine. He admitted writing the pote to Police Commissioner Greeno which "The ma da greets you and wishes you well. The society has declared war (i gainst England and has ordered the de-slruetlon de-slruetlon of every ship flying the British ii tg that sails out of New York. The so- IJJH cletv has undertaken to char New York harbor of British ships, and it will sue- mm mmm It was this not- of warning that ld to the finding of the trunk before It was placed on the steamship. An American Farmer. The prisoner was closely questioned re-gardlng re-gardlng tho motive for blowing up the I'mhrla. but was non-committal. He snld thnt he was born In America and that he was a farmer. H He admitted his name was not "GeaS-lev "GeaS-lev Rosseau."' He said he had tend much and that he wns a student of social ocon- J omy. Ho took the name of "Gcssler Ros-scan'' Ros-scan'' because two of his Ideals had those 1 names. Albrecht Gesslor. the Swiss die-tator, die-tator, who, tradition says, was killed by H William Tell In 1307. and Jean Jacques H the French philosopher and H writer, who died In 1778, B Rosseau will be kept here for the pres- H snt AS he Infernal machine found In H his possession wns not loaded, he com- H mltted no crime. He is held for attempt-Ing attempt-Ing to extort money from Patrick Kelly SH Under false pretenses. An affair like the H i n Ident Is a felony punlsliablo bj twenty years' impii&oumcriU |